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Anon, in a word, probably. Did you also have your ovaries removed? Can you tell us what hormones you are taking?

One of my best friends had been on HRT since she had a hysterectomy (ovaries as well) about five years ago, and when she recently went off of it she had all the symptoms of menopause. Hot flashes, night sweats, the whole nine yards. However, the difference was that unlike natural menopause -- which goes rather slowly -- she transitioned really quickly, so she went through her symptoms much more quickly than I did, for instance, and then was pretty much done with them.

Have you talked with your doctor about perhaps easing off HRT, using just enough to control the symptoms you'll have? You may also want to discuss bioidentical hormones with her or him; bioidenticals have the same molecular structure as those your body made:

http://www.womentowomen.com/bioidentical-hrt/bioidenticalhormones.aspx

Yet here's another side of that:

http://www.menopause.org/bioidentical.aspx

You might also be interested in some natural methods of controlling symptoms:

http://www.menopauseatoz.com/Choosing_a_Natural_Menopause_Treatment.shtml